Plymouth Barracuda
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February 04, 2012
The Ford Mustang is generally credited as being the first pony car – and as far as the pony car concept goes, it is – but the Barracuda was actually released on April 1, 1964, 16 days before the...
February 04, 2012
Other than the aforementioned changes in the above highlights, the 1965 Barracuda basically was a carryover of the 1964 inaugural edition of the car, aside from a slightly revised grille. While it was still similar to the Valiant line...
February 04, 2012
With a restyle right around the corner for the 1967 model year, little was changed on the Barracuda. The minor revisions inside and outside came from the fact that the Valiant, the car the Barracuda was based on, received...
February 11, 2012
With a complete redesign, the new Barracuda was even more like the rest of the emerging pony car market, as it was larger and featured more powerful options. Though the car still shared the same A-body wheelbase with the...
February 11, 2012
Since the Barracuda had received a complete overhaul in 1967, the styling of the car remained essentially a carry over from that year. However, the two year models are easily distinguished by round sidemarker lights on the 1968 models...
February 11, 2012
The introduction of the ‘Cuda option package, which was built around the former Formula S package, was the first sign that Plymouth was getting serious about building a high performance car that looked good, to boot. On the outside,...
February 11, 2012
With two major restyles since its introduction in 1964, it seemed that Plymouth was willing to retool the Barracuda until it got it right. Low sales numbers probably contributed to this thought process. But on the second overhaul, it...
1971 Barracuda Review
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February 11, 2012
Though changes to the Barracuda were few after the previous year’s overhaul, the redesigned front end gave the 1971 a very distinctive and somewhat aggressive look. While the Challenger would use the four-headlight setup for the entire four years...
February 11, 2012
After restyling the front of the 1971 Barracuda with a grille meant to resemble barracuda teeth (and including gill-like louvers on the front quarter panels), Plymouth gave the front end of the 1972 models a look very similar to...
February 11, 2012
Other than the aforementioned black bumper guards, the appearance of the 1973 Barracudas was very similar to the 1972 models. And in fact, the 1973 cars would also be virtually indistinguishable – from an exterior visual viewpoint – from...
February 11, 2012
Barracuda was technically the first pony car to actually go on sale, and had many ups and downs throughout its decade-long history. Starting in 1970, the third-generation models of the car finally fully embraced its pony car status in...
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